Pike

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun & ·v A large haycock.

II. Pike ·noun & ·v A turnpike; a toll bar.

III. Pike ·noun & ·v A pointed or peaked hill.

IV. Pike ·noun & ·v A Pick.

V. Pike ·noun & ·v A Hayfork.

VI. Pike ·noun & ·v A pointed head or spike; ·esp., one in the center of a shield or target.

VII. Pike ·noun & ·v A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

VIII. Pike (·sg & ·pl) A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish;

— called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.